James Parker, Joel Stern (eds.): Eavesdropping: A Reader (2019)
Filed under book | Tags: · law, listening, sound, sound art, sound studies, surveillance
“Eavesdropping: A Reader addresses the capture and control of our sonic world by state and corporate interests, alongside strategies of resistance. For editors James Parker (Melbourne Law School) and Joel Stern (Liquid Architecture), eavesdropping isn’t necessarily malicious. We cannot help but hear too much, more than we mean to. Eavesdropping is a condition of social life. And the question is not whether to eavesdrop, therefore, but how.”
Featuring contributions from James Parker, Joel Stern, Norie Neumark, Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Susan Schuppli, Sean Dockray, Joel Spring, Fayen d’Evie and Jen Bervin, Samson Young, Manus Recording Project Collective.
Publisher City Gallery Wellington, Wellington, with Liquid Architecture, Melbourne, and Melbourne Law School, Melbourne, 2019
Open access
ISBN 9780995128606, 099512860X
223 pages
Review: Kristen Gallerneaux (The Wire, 2020).
Exh. reviews: Norie Neumark (Art+Australia, 2018), Sophie Knezic (MeMO, 2018).
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Exhibition (2018)
Exhibition (2019)
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WorldCat
Tuned City: Between Sound and Space Speculation (2008)
Filed under book | Tags: · acoustics, architecture, city, noise, sound, sound studies
“Sounds belong to the City. They determine spaces and identities. For years, artists have been using city noises as a material to stage or to question urban space – new territory, however, for most architects and planners within the routines of functional planning procedures. Tuned City – Between Sound and Space Speculation searches for a new evaluation of architectural spaces from the perspective of acoustics. This volume presents various positions of architects, artists and theorists to expand the architectural discourse with the dimension of listening. ”
The English section runs from the page 97-192.
Contributions by Doris Kleilein and Anne Kockelkorn, Barry Blesser and Linda-Ruth Salter, Gisela Herzog and Gerhard Steinke, Susanne Hauser, Thomas Ankersmit, Pascal Amphoux and Grégoire Chelkoff, Raviv Ganchrow, Mark Bain, Arno Brandlhuber and Markus Emde, Michael Bull, Stefan Kölsch, and Jacob Kirkegaard.
Edited by Doris Kleilein, Anne Kockelkorn, Gesine Pagels, and Carsten Stabenow
Publisher Kook Books, Idstein, 2008
Reihe Essay series, 4
ISBN 9783937445366, 3937445366
192 pages
Reviews: Rahma Khazam (The Wire, 2008), Alessandro Ludovico (Neural, 2009).
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Project website (book)
WorldCat
PDF, PDF (10 MB)
See also catalogues from Tuned City editions in Berlin (2008), Tallinn (2011), Brussels (2013), and Athens (2018).
Invisible Places, Sounding Cities: Sound, Urbanism and Sense of Place (2014)
Filed under proceedings | Tags: · architecture, art, city, place, public art, sound, sound art, sound studies, urbanism
“Our proposal is to increase awareness of the importance of our local and global soundscapes and our role in their experience and design. As listeners, we are also responsible for the shape and beauty of our own soundscape. Therefore, we must open our ears.”
Proceedings from the symposium and exhibition created as part of the 4th edition of Jardins Efémeros (Ephemeral Gardens) festival in Viseu, Portugal, and consisting of 54 paper presentations, 11 artist talks and 54 audioworks.
Edited by Raquel Castro and Miguel Carvalhais
Publisher Jardins Efémeros, Viseu
ISBN 9789897460487
808 pages